
Anticancer effects of salvianolic acid A through multiple signaling pathways (Review)
- Authors:
- Cheng-Xia Li
- Qi Xu
- Shi-Ting Jiang
- Dan Liu
- Chao Tang
- Wen-Li Yang
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Affiliations: Institute for Cancer Medicine, School of Basic Medicine Sciences, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan 646000, P.R. China - Published online on: April 17, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2025.13541
- Article Number: 176
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Copyright: © Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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